At 5 a.m. on January 9, 2017, an old father in Changshu killed his son. More than 30 hours later, at an open-air table not far from the scene of the incident, some villagers spontaneously signed a petition for the old father, hoping that the court would give him a lenient sentence.

This old father, Zhu Shuigan, can be regarded as the most prestigious person in the local area.

When he was young, he was the captain of the Nanbang Brigade and a good worker. As the captain of the brigade, he always takes the lead diligently in planting rice, wheat and vegetables. He takes the lead in the fields carrying a load of grass and mud.

At that time, there were ten production teams in the surrounding area, and Nanbang Village was the most advanced. In difficult years, when there is not enough food to eat, the villagers go to him. If there is relief rations, he will always share as much as possible.

After the land was divided, he set up village enterprises to engage in industry. He was also a good hand, leading everyone out of poverty and becoming rich. He is also an old party member.

In the eyes of people in Nanbang Brigade, he is highly educated, smart, business-minded, responsible, and highly respected.

He was the person in charge of all matters, big and small. In the early years, when any family in the brigade had to borrow tables or stools to hold weddings or weddings, everyone would listen to his overall planning and arrange everything properly. Until now, whenever someone has something to do, they have to come to him to discuss and make decisions.

However, over the years, he has become more and more stooped.

"He can't lift his head when walking. Sometimes when I see him, he smiles inexplicably. Now that I think about it, that was a sign that he was on the verge of collapse." said Wang Chunyan, captain of the women's brigade.

At home, he has been the mainstay for half a century. However, he is getting old after all. Myocarditis and back pain bother him, as well as other problems that no one else can mention. Everyone only knows that he needs to take a lot of medicine. Just the summer before, he was bedridden for two months.

Neighbors lamented that his wife was the one who picked up and dropped off his grandson while he was bedridden for two months. The son never showed up. "Whenever he shows up at this house, he has no money," Zhou Wenrong said.

The old couple and their two grandchildren spend the New Year alone. Talking about the unworthy son of this family, everyone in the village shook their heads.

She is really good-looking, fair and fair, with thin skin and tender flesh. She is tall, like a celebrity, but to put it harshly, she is just too lazy to eat. People in the village knew that his son was known as "Mr. Zhu" outside.

There is a short video circulating on the Internet of Zhu Zhiqiang during his lifetime. He and seven or eight men were naked and dancing in a line with their hands on their hips. There was also a thick and long rope hanging from Zhu Zhiqiang’s neck. Big gold chain.

Speaking of his gambling misdeeds, Qian Jun, his contemporary, recalled that he started playing cards when he was sixteen or seventeen years old. Who knew that his gambling would become bigger and bigger.

On January 8, 2017, someone came to ask for a debt. In the early morning of January 9, Zhu Shuigan killed Zhu Zhiqiang and then called the police. On the night of January 9th, many villagers in Santang Village were not asleep...

“I think about what will happen to Xiao Shuigen’s wife and two grandchildren if he goes in. It’s really fitting to think about it. Not eye-catching," said 70-year-old Jin Guijin.

On the morning of January 10, the villagers of Nanbang Brigade took the initiative to gather together and drafted a "petition" to the judge by retired teachers Wang and Zhou from Xiaoyou Middle School, hoping to be given a lighter sentence. Condemn the poor old man.

A paragraph in the petition reads:

The murdered son Zhu Zhiqiang was an unscrupulous descendant who had been lazy in learning and doing things since he was a child. He was addicted to eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling. After using domestic violence to beat away his two wives, he left behind his two young sons and wandered into society. He stayed away from home all year round and was entangled in millions of dollars in debt. At the end of last year, in order to make him change his mind, Zhu Shuigan and his wife borrowed 1.42 million yuan from various sources for him. He once knelt down and cursed to the sky: "If you bet again, you will kill me." However, recently he owed more than 1.2 million yuan in loans from abroad, and debt collectors came to collect debts one after another. Debt collectors came during the day and at night. They took loudspeakers everywhere and shouted, "Borrowing money and paying back money is a matter of course." They even smashed doors and windows in the middle of the night and threatened and threatened them. Zhu Shuigan and his wife couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, couldn't eat, and were extremely nervous. , blood pressure rising desperately, living in the shadows. On the day of the incident, someone came to the door again to press for debts, and the amount of debts borrowed and repaid were seriously inconsistent with each other.

As of 4 p.m., more than 300 people have signed the petition, and the number continues to increase. Zhu Shuigan is undoubtedly a good person. We understand this old father who "kills relatives for justice" and understands his pain of hating iron for not being able to become steel.

But there were many ways to solve the problem, but he chose the most decisive one. What he did was doomed to tragedy. No one has the right to deprive others of their lives, even biological parents.

No matter how much we sympathize with this old father, everyone is equal before the law, and what awaits him will be the court's decision.